breeze block
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˈbriːz ˌblɒk/ us/ˈbriːz ˌblɑːk/ (US cinder block)
煤渣砖
a light brick made of concrete mixed with burnt coal, used in building
The shed is made of breeze blocks, has wooden windows and a plastic roof. 棚屋用煤渣砖砌成，安装了木窗和塑料屋顶。
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- Underneath the whitewash the walls were of breeze blocks and cement, not local stone.
- They live in shacks made from breeze blocks and crudely covered with corrugated iron roofs.
- A car with no tyres was propped up on four breeze blocks.
- Someone had thrown a breeze block through the shop window.